Ajith Kumar Racing ready to race at the Dubai 24 Hours

Ajith Kumar Racing is making its competitive debut in the Dubai 24 Hours with a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with Bas Koeten Racing. The famous Indian actor will be behind the wheel of the Porsche, alongside Mathieu Detry, Fabian Duffieux and Cameron McLeod. 

A few weeks before the opening of the 24 Hours Series season, Ajith Kumar Racing set off for Barcelona with a test session under the management of Bas Koeten Racing. Noel Thompson is the team manager and Shiva Swamynath is the team principal.

"I am super excited to be back in racing both as driver and team owner, said Ajith Kumar. My sincere thanks to my co drivers Fabian, Mathieu and Cameron. Bas and Jelle from Bas koeten racing, My team manager Noel and team director Shiva for helping me to get this going -  look forward to all the excitement ahead ! Seasons greetings and Love to all - Ajith

For Bas Koeten Racing, everything is ready to start this new challenge: "As the technical and logistical partner of Ajith Kumar Racing we are looking forward to the 24h Dubai event in January. With these four drivers we feel we are ready to battle in the competitive Porsche 992 class. 24h Dubai is the starting point of our intense endurance campaign together."

The tests completed in Barcelona went in the right direction, as Fabian Duffieux points out: “I’m really excited for this new season to start after 2 positive days of testing in Barcelona, very good step forward of Ajith also who’s making us confident and proud”

Cameron McLeod, a promising young driver in Australia, is also embarking on a new challenge: "I’m proud to be representing Ajith Kumar Racing in the Creventic series this year! It’s great to be back for my 3rd year running. The whole team is amazing and it’s great to see Ajith performing in such a high level first year back!"

Belgian Mathieu Detry was able to follow Ajith Kumar's progress during testing: ‘I'm super excited to be starting this new project and proud to represent the colours of Ajith Kumar Racing for this 2025 season,’ said the Belgian driver. The tests in Barcelona went really well and we worked a lot on the set-up of the car to understand how best to use the new Michelin tyre. As Ajith's coach, after spending the two days with him in the car, I saw a huge improvement and it's great to be working with him. He listened and he picks up on and applies all the advice I give him straight away. I'm looking forward to the Dubai 24 Hours, which will be a real-life test to help us prepare for the European season in the best possible conditions!"